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Elitist Food | 16 comments (16 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Sounds like a job for a Sports Utility Bike:

... with an electric stoker engine attached:

From afar, and my real world experience with shopping bag panniers on a regular bike, I make it to be about 3 times the cargo capacity, or more.

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sun Aug 12th, 2007 at 12:01:44 PM EST

Re: Elitist Food (none / 1)

The red box is a motor assist?

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Sun Aug 12th, 2007 at 10:18:19 PM EST
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Re: Elitist Food (none / 1)

Yes, and because it goes through the gears, it is more efficient than most hub motors.

Sorry, left out the links:

Xtracycle's Sports Utility Bike

CleverChimp's Stoke Monkey

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Mon Aug 13th, 2007 at 05:21:22 AM EST
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Re: Elitist Food (none / 0)

Those are really great! I hope some day, I will reach that level of bike radicalness... even if I need to add training wheels.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Mon Aug 13th, 2007 at 02:48:56 PM EST
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Maybe it could work with a trike ... (none / 1)

... but it would have to be one of the ones with two wheels in front and the drive wheel behind. A classical recumbant trike would require a trailer.

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Mon Aug 13th, 2007 at 06:05:44 PM EST
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Re: Elitist Food (4.00 / 2)

hey, I've got one of those!

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Sun Aug 12th, 2007 at 10:32:25 PM EST
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Re: Elitist Food (none / 1)

I've only got a wish to have one at the moment ... thanks for the link.

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Mon Aug 13th, 2007 at 05:22:24 AM EST
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